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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11819

30 June 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 29 / 31
NEWS BRIEFS / Social
EESC calls for more attention to be paid to social economy

29/06/2017 (Agence Europe) – During the European day of Social Economy Enterprises (SEEs) event at the European Economic and Social Committee (EESC) on Wednesday 28 June, Michael Smyth, EESC Vice-President, called for a roadmap for the social economy that should be integrated into the European Commission’s work programme for 2018. In an EESC press release, he argued that companies working in the social economy and solidarity activities are able “to play a role in shaping the future of...

Contents

G20 SUMMIT
G20 SUMMIT: EU affirms unity on climate and trade ahead of Hamburg summit
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
FINANCE: Commission presents its new pan-European label for personal pension products
ENTERPRISE: Major uncertainty a week ahead of European Parliament vote on country-by-country tax reporting
BANKS: European Parliament starts work on revision of hierarchy of creditors called upon to contribute in event of bank resolution
MONEY LAUNDERING: No agreement on revision of 'anti-money laundering' directive
TAXATION: Estonian Presidency of Council intends to work on notion of permanent establishment
FRANCE: French government keeps its commitment to contain deficit at 3% of GDP in 2017
STATE AID: Green light to sale of Italian bridge bank Nuova Carife to BPER
SECTORAL POLICIES
HEALTH: EU presents new action plan to tackle antimicrobial resistance
MIGRATION: Commission offers reassurances as Italy is overtaken by arrivals of migrants from Libya
MIGRATION: Inter-institutional political agreement on new European asylum agency
JHA: Eu-LISA agency mandate strengthened to ensure perfect long term interoperability of European information systems
AGRICULTURE: EU revises organic farming rules with great difficulty
AGRICULTURE: Aid for young farmers could be more effective, say auditors
ENERGY: Grant of €4 million for France-Ireland interconnector
TRANSPORT: Sector actors argue clean and connected mobility are inseparable
EMPLOYMENT
SOCIAL/HEALTH: Provisional inter-institutional agreement finally reached on carcinogens and mutagens
EXTERNAL ACTION
JAPAN: Cecilia Malmström and Phil Hogan in Tokyo to try and finalise trade agreement
TRADE: Cecilia Malmström defends European model of protecting labour rights in free trade agreements
USA: Karoline Graswander-Hainz MEP demands review of mandate if TTIP negotiations resume
INSTITUTIONAL
PARLIAMENT: Divisions reappear in EPP over single seat for Parliament
BUDGET: European Parliament committee on budgets approves negotiating mandate on 2018 budget
BUDGET: MEPs' mixed reaction to reflection document on future EU budget
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
JHA: A state can refuse to implement European arrest warrant if it guarantees implementation of sentence pronounced in another member state
NEWS BRIEFS
AGRICULTURE: Copa-Cogeca oppose all co-financing in direct aid
AGRICULTURE: New book of recipes from EU agricultural organisations published
EU2017EE: Secondary migration within EU has to be discussed
UK: New negotiation documents published
SOCIAL: EESC calls for more attention to be paid to social economy
TRANSPORT: European Union and US want to work together to strengthen air transport safety
TUNISIA: European aid more focused 'on limited number of areas'